Bezrechnaya-2 (air base)

Bezrechnaya-2 (also given variously as Bezrechnaya, Bezrechnoy, Khodabulak, Khada Bulak North, or Mirnaya) was an interceptor aircraft base in Chita Oblast, Russia. It featured a linear ramp.

Bezrechnaya-2
Borzya, Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia
Bezrechnaya-2 is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Bezrechnaya-2
Bezrechnaya-2
Shown within Zabaykalsky Krai
Bezrechnaya-2 is located in Russia
Bezrechnaya-2
Bezrechnaya-2
Bezrechnaya-2 (Russia)
Coordinates50°45′0″N 116°13′0″E
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Air Force
Site history
In use- Unknown
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: XIAJ
Elevation671 metres (2,201 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
13/31 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

It was located 28 miles (45 km) north of Borzya and 7.4 miles (11.9 km) east of Mirnaya.

The base has been home to:

  • 22 IAP (22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-15TM aircraft from 1971 to 1992. The regiment was subordinate to 50th Guards Air Defence Corps of the 14th Air Defence Army from 1988 to 1992.[1]
  • OSAZ (unidentified) (Independent Composite Aviation Regiment) flying Su-15TM.[2] This may be an erroneous identification of 22 IAP listed above.

References

  1. "22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  2. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
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